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MONEY partnered with
FindABetterBank.com
to produce this year’s
Best Banks rankings.
FindABetterBank.com
provided account terms
for more than 175
financial institutions.
Our team reviewed
about 1,200 checking
and savings accounts,
evaluating account min-
imums and qualifica-
tions,ATM fees, over-
draft fees, and interest
rates.When selecting fi-
nalists, priority was giv-
en to checking and sav-
ings accounts with no or
easily waived monthly
fees, freeATMs, and
higher interest rates. In
naming free accounts,
we assumed customers
would be okay with re-
ceiving e-statements to
avoid a monthly fee.
In selecting winners,
we weighed customer
service ratings, when
available,from J.D.
Power’s 2018 U.S. Retail
Banking Satisfaction
Study.We also used mo-
bile app ratings from the
Google Play and iTunes
stores.And in some cas-
es,we used information
provided byYelp to
count the hours branch-
es were open.
MONEY’s edit team
fact-checked informa-
tion with each finalist in
August and then verified
information for winners
again in September.
Account terms are
accurate as of Oct.1.
Need a new
bank? Head to
FindABetterBank.com
for a customized
recommendation.

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